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A 'wannabe' mackem (person of a town that thinks its a city, Sunderland). Also usually much more welcoming than your average brummie, wurzel, cockney, manc, scouser or smoggie. Often renowned for being friendly and outgoing and with a fondness for the odd beer or 20, geordies make the UK what they are. Geordies can often be found in St James' Park cheering on Newcastle United and are the most dedicated fans in the land.

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A person who is originally from Newcastle, a city in the North East of England, but who also lives anywhere within the Tyneside area. They are known for their very distinctive accent, being die-hard Newcastle United fans and for their ability to consume vast quantities of alcohol. They also known for being quite friendly, approachable and charitable. They are absolutely not to be confused with "Chavs", but this happens frequently as a result of false stereotypes concocted by prejudiced Southerners. According to anyone south of Manchester, Geordies are poorly educated Neanderthals with a severe speech disorder who lives off benefits, gets drunk all day at the tax payers expense, have foul mannerisms, lives only for football and can be found in council flats - which describes Chavs perfectly, but not Geordies (unless they are Geordie Chavs).

Geordies are also known for their mastery in manual labour (i.e. construction, steel and ship building) or engineering. Newcastle was once devoted to ship building and various areas in Tyneside were known for heavy manufacturing and mining. Various world class colleges, universities and cultural venues exist in the Tyneside area today, drawing much tourism and revenue from education. Newcastle University is one of the UK's most highly ranked universities for medicine, mechanic and civil engineering and naval architecture. Geordies like Cheryl Coal, Bobby Robson and Mike Ashley stand as cultural icons.